The Dexter High School Choir students auditioned in Cape Girardeau on Saturday, November 11, 2023.

Tanner Guilling - Tenor -  Honorable Mention

Luck Gentry - Tenor - First Alternate

Landon Jarrell - Bass - All State

Reanna Laden - Soprano - All State

Photo by Dee Loflin.

Dexter High School band students earned some special recognition at All-District.

Katarrah Churchill and Ashton Dvorak made the Southeast Missouri All-District Band.

Joseph Fortier and Ricardo Martinez made the Southeast Missouri All-District Jazz Band.

This is the first year the Dexter High School Marching band has had both a first chair trumpet and a first chair baritone saxophone!

Photo by Dee Loflin.

All-Conference Volleyball Team was recently announced.

Kate Nichols earned 1st Team All-District and 1st Team All-Conference (SEMO-North Division)

Brooke Lasater earned 2nd Team All-District and 1st Team All-Conference (SEMO - North Division)

Macie Templemire made All-District and 2nd Team All-Conference (SEMO-North Division)

The SEMO-North Division consisted of teams from Jackson, Saxony Lutheran, Cape Central, Notre Dame, Poplar Bluff, Sikeston, and Dexter.

Photo by Dee Loflin.

The 61st Annual Bell City B-Tournament will begin on Monday, November 20, 2023.  The seeds and bracket was announced earlier this week.

Puxico has earned the #1 seed followed by #2 Bell City, #3 Advance, #4 Leopold, #5 Kelly, #6 Scott County Central, #7 Gideon, and #8 Bloomfield.

Monday, November 11th Schedule

4:30 p.m. Puxico vs Bloomfield

6:00 p.m. Leopold vs Kelly

7:30 p.m. Bell City vs Gideon

9:00 p.m. Advance vs SCC

Semifinal games will be held on Tuesday, November 21st beginning at 4:30 p.m.

7th place game will be held at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, November 22nd.

3rd place game will be at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 22nd.

Consolation game will be held at 5:30 p.m. also on Wednesday, November 22nd

Championship game will be at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 22nd.

Dexter held the 2023 Stoddard County Athletic Association (SCAA) Cross Country meet on Saturday at Charles Bland Stadium.  The DHS boys team won the overall meet.

"Today was a great day for our team," commented head cross country coach Josh Dowdy. "We bounced back from a tough meet last week at Notre Dame to knock off a very good Woodland team led by two exceptional runners.  Our kids did not pace themselves today...we raced!  That is the kind of effort we need down the stretch to get out of our district."

The Lady 'Cats varsity girls team was led by Abbie Lloyd.  She placed second with a time of 21:30.70.

Cameron Bell led the way for the boys placing 3rd for the Bearcats with a time of 16:37.80.

Varsity Girls Results:

ABBIE LLOYD 2ND 21:30.70

KENADY KRAPF 9TH 25.23.70

Varsity Boys Results:

CAMERON BELL 3RD 16:37.80

BEN DOWDY 4TH 17:12.80

JAXON KING 6TH 17:34.10

HUNTER MASSEY 8TH 17:43.50

JV Boys Results:

STRYKER MUZNY 7TH 21:25.30

PEYTON BALLANCE 9TH 21:49.70

"I want to thank our maintenance crew led by Josh Stearns for all of their time and effort in preparing our course," stated Dowdy.  "The course was in great shape and made for a great day!"

The Cross Country team travels to Notre Dame on Thursday for the SEMO Conference Meet.